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Red FM’s ‘South Side Story’ returns In Delhi & Mumbai
Mumbai: 93.5 RED FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network is thrilled to unveil season five of ‘South Side Story,’ – the ultimate South Indian festival. The festival is set to enchant audiences in Delhi and Mumbai with the promise to celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Southern India. The event will be hosted in Mumbai on 2 September at Richardson & Cruddas, followed by 16 September in Delhi at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The fifth season of South Side Story will host an exceptional lineup of artists, including Thaikkudam Bridge, Agam, Arivu, Hanumankind, Sean Roldan & Friends, Aattam Kalasamithi & Thekkinkaadu Band, Thirumali, ALL OK, Neeraj Madhav and Maalavika Sundar. With a spectacle of South Indian delicacies and stunning art forms, the event will offer an unparalleled showcase of South Indian traditions, bringing them seamlessly into the contemporary ethos of the metropolitan cities.
Speaking on this announcement, RED FM, and Magic FM director & COO Nisha Narayanan stated “The previous editions of South Side Story have bestowed upon us an enthusiastic response and an overwhelming responsibility to continue bringing the best out of regional spaces. In the spirit of inclusion and diversity, we are delighted to present another riveting season of South Side Story. Season 5 of the event commences in both Delhi and Mumbai offering an intimate experience of the South Indian cultural joyride. We look forward to celebrating all things south in the two major urban cities this year.”
Mark your calendars and prepare to immerse yourself in the colors, sounds, and flavors of South India. The tickets are available on Skillbox.
Book Now – https://bit.ly/SSS2023_
Website – https://southsidestory.in/
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
